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| UN Secretary General calls on Israel and Gaza for two-week humanitarian truce |
| 2023-10-20 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a two-week humanitarian truce in the Middle East. “I call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire for approximately two weeks,” the secretary general said at a joint press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Cairo. Guterres stated the need for urgent delivery of aid and food to the Gaza Strip. As Regnum reported , at a UN Security Council meeting on October 18, Russia proposed including in the resolution on the situation in Gaza a clause condemning the blockade of the region by Israel. The Security Council rejected this amendment. Prior to this, on October 16, Russia proposed a resolution calling for an immediate truce and provision of humanitarian assistance. This resolution was also not adopted by the UN Security Council. On October 16, Russian head of state Vladimir Putin , speaking by phone with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad , said that the residents of Gaza are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. On October 19, a special flight of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations arrived in Egypt with humanitarian aid for the residents of Gaza. The plane delivered 27 tons of food, including sugar and flour. On the morning of October 7, the Palestinian Hamas movement carried out a large-scale rocket attack on Israeli territory. After this, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched retaliatory strikes on Gaza. As a result of the escalation of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Israeli Ministry of Health reported 4,629 injured after Hamas attacks. For its part, the Palestinian Ministry of Health stated that as a result of the attacks on Gaza, more than 3.7 thousand people were killed, and another 12 thousand were injured. In addition, 19 Russians have died in Israel since the conflict began to escalate. In a conversation with IA Regnum on October 18, senior lecturer at the HSE School of Oriental Studies Andrei Zeltyn said that the death of hundreds of Palestinians in a hospital in the Gaza Strip resulted in mass protests around the world. However, according to the expert, one should not expect a serious escalation of the conflict, developing into a major Middle East war. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #15 Better do what they do in every emergency, and make sure all Gazans get a Covid jab. Maybe even 3, just to be safe. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-10-20 18:21 |
| #14 Palestinian Red Crescent says Israeli forces are warning them to evacuate Gaza's Al Quds hospital Hamas, usually, has its C2 bunkers under hospitals. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-10-20 14:15 |
| #13 |
| Posted by: ACA JOE 2023-10-20 12:13 |
| #12 I have this picture of border to border Cat 9s moving north to south and south to north meeting in the middle of Gazookland. Then we bring them to NYC and see what they can do with that big glass hive. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2023-10-20 11:12 |
| #11 ^From your mouth to the ear of G*d. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-10-20 10:36 |
| #10 Now, now, Grom. They are all God's children even if some of them need to be put down like mad dogs. Despite the pious bleating from the UN, Israel is not going to stop. They cannot. Thanks to recent power-ups from friends and supporters, Hamas has graduated from a deadly, but manageable nuisance to an existential threat. Random stabbings, the occasional missile, or pizzeria bombing is one thing. Thousands of missiles and mass slaughter is quite another. Putting an end to Hamas in Gaza is going to be ugly. Very ugly. The Paleos could lend a hand and reduce the collateral damage, but don't expect too much help on that front. Life in Gaza will suck for everyone in the near future. There is no practical way around it. Dildo of Consequences in sight. Constant bearing, decreasing range. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-10-20 10:34 |
| #9 Let's hope not. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2023-10-20 09:59 |
| #8 #6 I believe they're dead. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-10-20 09:56 |
| #7 Hudna |
| Posted by: KBK 2023-10-20 09:53 |
| #6 @Grom at least 200 are |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2023-10-20 09:20 |
| #5 Reworded For Clarity UN Sec. Gen., seeing that HAMAS is getting its ass handed to it. Is seeking a 2 week truce to allow HAMAS to rearm itself, and bring in new terrorists. It seems Arm/Missile supplies, cannon fodder volunteers are in very short supply and estimates see 2 weeks is needed. IN OTHER NEWS There has been a massive drain on Virgins. As the allotted 72 Virgins per terrorist killed has placed a great demand on a very limited resource. So Hamas is now accepting persons that identify as Virgin Females to fill their growing demand. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-10-20 06:05 |
| #4 Sorry Tony, but we don't believe that there any humans in Gaza. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-10-20 02:43 |
| #3 urgent delivery of aid and food If they haven't been stockpiling, help them eat shit. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-10-20 01:46 |
| #2 Can he be sent a missive saying, 'Israel says FUUUCK YOUUU 🎵' ? |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2023-10-20 01:20 |
| #1 That kind of defeat the poupose of the b;ockage in the first place. I vote "NO!" Hamas started this, we will finish this completly. |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2023-10-20 01:09 |